Writers of Pro Football Prospectus 2008

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QUARTERBACKS 2003

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/18/2008

Quarterbacks are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the quarterback's performance compared to replacement level, adjusted for situation and opponent and then translated into yardage. DYAR (and its cousin, YAR, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

The other statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average quarterback in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. Negative DVOA represents below-average offense. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

The simple version: DYAR means a quarterback with more total value. DVOA means a quarterback with more value per play.

Equivalent Yards (EqYds), listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Equivalent Yards (EqYds) are not the best way to measure total value because they are more dependent on usage than DYAR.

Passes total includes sacks and aborted snaps. Both count against a quarterback's value. Fumbles count the same whether lost to the defense or retained by the offense.

PASSING: Minimum 100 passes, 47 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards TrueYards TD FK FL INT C%
18-P.Manning IND 1,756 1 1,588 1 33.5% 1 29.2% 597 4,249 5,557 29 4 1 10 67.0%
10-T.Green KC 1,283 2 1,338 2 25.2% 4 26.7% 555 3,978 4,607 24 4 1 12 63.2%
9-S.McNair TEN 1,178 3 1,171 3 31.9% 2 31.6% 425 3,196 3,808 24 6 5 7 63.2%
8-M.Hasselbeck SEA 913 4 885 4 14.4% 8 13.6% 561 3,691 4,120 26 2 1 15 61.1%
11-D.Culpepper MIN 716 5 862 5 11.2% 9 15.7% 490 3,303 3,557 25 8 4 10 65.9%
2-A.Brooks NO 682 6 712 8 8.0% 10 8.8% 560 3,482 3,800 24 3 10 8 59.5%
16-J.Plummer DEN 669 7 815 6 22.4% 5 29.7% 320 2,165 2,516 15 1 1 7 63.2%
3-J.Kitna CIN 667 8 647 9 7.3% 11 6.8% 566 3,443 3,811 26 4 4 14 62.8%
12-T.Brady NE 583 9 564 10 5.4% 13 4.9% 568 3,439 3,632 23 8 4 12 60.2%
4-B.Favre GB 553 10 722 7 6.2% 12 11.5% 496 3,331 3,320 32 3 2 21 65.4%
14-B.Johnson TB 510 11 563 11 2.4% 14 3.8% 589 3,744 3,725 26 4 1 20 62.4%
5-D.McNabb PHI 423 12 331 15 1.4% 16 -1.3% 533 3,153 3,304 16 3 3 11 58.1%
16-V.Testaverde NYJ 401 13 344 14 19.7% 6 15.3% 205 1,346 1,592 7 1 0 2 62.4%
5-J.Garcia SF 357 14 394 13 2.2% 15 3.6% 416 2,660 2,643 18 3 3 12 58.0%
7-B.Leftwich JAC 324 15 206 19 0.3% 17 -3.9% 445 2,870 2,733 14 5 5 16 57.2%
8-T.Maddox PIT 315 16 316 16 -2.3% 21 -2.3% 566 3,287 3,292 18 2 2 17 57.8%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards TrueYards TD FK FL INT C%
10-M.Bulger STL 308 17 526 12 -2.5% 22 3.5% 575 3,636 3,307 22 2 6 22 63.3%
13-T.Rattay SF 294 18 244 18 27.7% 3 21.1% 125 802 1,008 7 0 0 2 61.9%
9-J.Fiedler MIA 231 19 161 21 -0.3% 18 -3.6% 339 2,090 2,035 11 2 4 12 57.2%
10-C.Pennington NYJ 220 20 132 22 -0.7% 19 -4.9% 327 2,019 2,000 13 6 2 12 64.3%
5-K.Collins NYG 215 21 89 25 -4.8% 24 -8.5% 533 3,045 3,007 13 6 5 15 57.1%
17-J.Delhomme CAR 201 22 267 17 -4.6% 23 -2.4% 487 3,148 2,738 19 9 6 16 59.2%
12-T.Banks HOU 190 23 120 23 16.4% 7 6.2% 115 651 815 5 1 0 2 60.4%
7-D.Flutie SD 101 24 182 20 -2.0% 20 5.3% 179 1,112 1,028 9 1 4 4 55.5%
10-K.Holcomb CLE 41 25 -6 27 -9.1% 25 -11.4% 328 1,726 1,723 10 3 2 12 64.1%
17-Q.Carter DAL 30 26 100 24 -10.2% 27 -8.2% 550 3,232 2,768 17 4 2 20 58.0%
11-P.Ramsey WAS 22 27 -11 29 -10.2% 26 -11.6% 375 2,044 1,882 14 2 5 9 53.3%
8-D.Carr HOU 14 28 -9 28 -10.5% 28 -11.6% 314 1,935 1,622 9 2 1 13 57.0%
11-D.Johnson ATL 2 29 -42 30 -11.0% 29 -13.7% 264 1,639 1,331 8 2 0 11 56.4%
12-R.Gannon OAK -18 30 19 26 -12.4% 30 -9.9% 244 1,230 1,166 6 2 0 4 55.6%
13-D.Kanell DEN -27 31 -152 36 -15.0% 31 -32.9% 108 424 527 2 3 0 4 51.5%
7-M.Vick ATL -71 32 -105 34 -21.1% 37 -25.8% 110 510 479 4 2 1 3 50.0%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards TrueYards TD FK FL INT C%
8-T.Hasselbeck WAS -78 33 -78 31 -17.6% 33 -17.6% 188 983 874 5 1 1 7 53.7%
2-T.Couch CLE -104 34 -93 33 -18.1% 34 -17.4% 228 1,269 1,055 7 2 3 6 59.6%
2-A.Wright BAL -120 35 -91 32 -20.9% 36 -18.5% 202 1,100 815 9 5 1 8 53.4%
3-R.Mirer OAK -149 36 -143 35 -21.2% 38 -20.8% 242 1,138 987 3 2 1 5 53.0%
11-J.Blake ARI -149 37 -214 38 -17.3% 32 -20.0% 393 2,193 1,743 13 3 3 15 57.0%
14-B.Griese MIA -184 38 -234 40 -31.3% 42 -36.7% 144 727 486 5 0 4 6 56.9%
11-D.Bledsoe BUF -257 39 -278 41 -19.1% 35 -19.7% 528 2,630 2,272 11 5 8 11 58.3%
12-C.Chandler CHI -275 40 -192 37 -32.6% 43 -26.1% 210 1,006 673 3 4 0 7 56.0%
9-D.Brees SD -287 41 -374 45 -23.8% 40 -27.6% 378 1,984 1,448 11 1 4 15 58.2%
8-K.Boller BAL -289 42 -225 39 -30.6% 41 -26.3% 246 1,254 802 7 4 4 9 52.7%
3-J.Palmer NYG -299 43 -306 42 -48.8% 46 -49.7% 132 459 232 3 1 1 4 52.2%
15-K.Kittner ATL -336 44 -342 44 -57.3% 47 -58.1% 120 398 129 2 0 0 6 38.9%
12-J.McCown ARI -401 45 -377 46 -43.2% 44 -41.2% 195 874 452 5 8 2 5 57.6%
3-J.Harrington DET -436 46 -315 43 -23.4% 39 -20.0% 568 2,872 2,279 17 5 0 22 56.2%
10-K.Stewart CHI -550 47 -496 47 -44.8% 45 -41.4% 275 1,267 575 7 2 3 11 51.2%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards TrueYards TD FK FL INT C%
7-B.Volek TEN 234 201 35.9% 29.3% 74 496 718 4 0 1 1 64.7%
12-G.Frerotte MIN 203 243 33.8% 42.7% 71 667 640 7 1 0 2 58.5%
14-N.O'Donnell TEN 187 149 83.7% 64.1% 27 232 414 2 0 0 1 66.7%
9-D.Garrard JAC 72 66 66.8% 60.4% 12 86 173 1 0 0 0 75.0%
8-M.Brunell JAC 66 11 0.1% -9.3% 93 436 563 2 0 0 0 65.9%
5-Tr.Brown BUF 34 8 12.5% -5.4% 19 153 162 0 0 0 1 77.8%
15-T.Collins KC 13 20 6.0% 15.0% 12 74 78 0 0 0 0 75.0%
4-T.Bouman NO -7 -1 -18.5% -12.7% 15 73 66 1 0 1 0 53.8%
17-R.Johnson WAS -14 -28 -31.5% -52.7% 10 24 36 0 0 0 0 71.4%
8-M.Tuiasosopo OAK -17 7 -17.5% -8.7% 46 310 202 0 1 0 3 58.1%
10-S.King TB -44 -51 -36.6% -40.7% 25 105 79 1 0 0 1 68.2%
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards TrueYards TD FK FL INT C%
8-R.Grossman CHI -53 -12 -21.5% -13.5% 80 430 344 2 3 0 1 53.4%
17-T.Martin OAK -65 -56 -79.9% -69.9% 17 64 -10 0 0 1 1 37.5%
7-R.Johnson OAK -70 -74 -97.3% -102.5% 14 48 -30 0 0 0 1 46.2%
4-T.Dilfer SEA -78 -66 -129.4% -111.1% 10 21 -53 1 1 1 1 50.0%
9-R.Peete CAR -85 -77 -131.9% -120.1% 13 -1 -58 0 0 0 0 40.0%
10-A.Van Pelt BUF -144 -136 -207.5% -196.7% 13 42 -137 0 0 0 3 41.7%
8-M.McMahon DET -152 -153 -87.8% -88.3% 33 78 -48 0 0 0 2 29.0%
7-C.Redman BAL -176 -204 -149.3% -170.9% 20 10 -137 0 1 2 2 53.8%
11-S.Beuerlein DEN -188 -156 -54.0% -46.9% 73 404 97 2 3 0 5 54.1%
4-D.Ragone HOU -232 -263 -92.1% -102.9% 49 80 -85 0 3 0 1 50.0%
13-K.Warner STL -243 -208 -67.3% -59.2% 72 314 18 1 3 3 1 58.5%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 35 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards TrueYards TD FUM
11-D.Culpepper MIN 127 1 126 1 25.4% 5 24.8% 64 441 543 4 3
5-D.McNabb PHI 84 2 78 4 14.8% 14 12.7% 56 376 413 3 2
5-J.Garcia SF 84 3 82 3 17.1% 11 16.4% 49 324 405 8 2
16-J.Plummer DEN 79 4 88 2 34.4% 3 39.8% 28 213 306 3 1
7-M.Vick ATL 70 5 60 6 29.3% 4 23.1% 33 261 290 1 1
10-K.Stewart CHI 65 6 65 5 8.8% 15 8.8% 53 296 377 3 1
7-D.Flutie SD 47 7 48 8 24.2% 8 25.1% 25 173 204 2 1
12-J.McCown ARI 47 8 42 11 24.4% 7 20.8% 25 165 199 1 0
10-M.Bulger STL 46 9 49 7 45.3% 1 49.0% 13 91 164 4 0
9-S.McNair TEN 41 10 38 12 17.0% 12 15.4% 26 144 196 4 1
2-A.Brooks NO 40 11 42 10 4.5% 16 5.4% 40 190 269 2 1
8-D.Carr HOU 40 12 47 9 21.5% 9 27.0% 22 154 181 2 1
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards TrueYards TD FUM
9-D.Brees SD 36 13 32 13 42.2% 2 36.4% 14 90 133 0 0
10-T.Green KC 33 14 30 14 21.0% 10 18.1% 17 89 149 2 0
7-B.Leftwich JAC 30 15 27 15 15.6% 13 13.1% 18 115 148 2 1
10-C.Pennington NYJ 26 16 23 16 24.6% 6 20.4% 12 47 111 2 0
17-Q.Carter DAL 23 17 17 18 -4.2% 22 -6.2% 49 262 265 2 2
11-J.Blake ARI 22 18 15 20 2.4% 18 -2.0% 29 178 160 2 2
9-J.Fiedler MIA 19 19 21 17 -0.9% 19 0.4% 26 101 167 3 1
8-M.Hasselbeck SEA 13 20 16 19 -2.0% 21 0.6% 25 135 120 3 1
11-P.Ramsey WAS 9 21 11 21 4.5% 17 7.8% 9 66 61 1 0
3-J.Kitna CIN 6 22 2 23 -6.1% 23 -10.0% 19 134 81 0 1
5-K.Collins NYG 4 23 7 22 -1.4% 20 5.2% 8 57 37 0 0
3-J.Harrington DET 2 24 -4 26 -10.0% 24 -16.1% 19 100 81 0 1
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards TrueYards TD FUM
11-D.Bledsoe BUF -1 25 -1 24 -14.2% 25 -13.4% 10 38 47 2 1
12-T.Brady NE -4 26 -7 28 -14.7% 26 -16.7% 22 80 97 1 1
3-R.Mirer OAK -5 27 -2 25 -18.3% 28 -14.5% 15 87 42 1 1
4-B.Favre GB -8 28 -5 27 -31.4% 30 -23.2% 8 24 12 0 0
17-J.Delhomme CAR -9 29 -8 29 -18.0% 27 -17.1% 23 55 90 1 0
2-A.Wright BAL -10 30 -10 30 -24.2% 29 -23.7% 16 87 37 0 1
8-T.Hasselbeck WAS -14 31 -12 31 -42.1% 32 -38.7% 9 46 1 0 1
11-D.Johnson ATL -20 32 -25 33 -54.6% 34 -65.3% 8 25 -12 1 1
8-K.Boller BAL -26 33 -30 34 -39.5% 31 -43.1% 19 63 8 0 1
14-B.Johnson TB -27 34 -24 32 -46.2% 33 -43.1% 13 46 -5 0 1
18-P.Manning IND -39 35 -41 35 -69.6% 35 -71.6% 13 39 -42 0 1